Barney Miller season 8

This is a list of episodes from the eighth and final season of Barney Miller.

Barney Miller
Season 8
No. of episodes	22
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	October 29, 1981 (1981-10-29) – May 20, 1982 (1982-05-20)
Season chronology
List of episodes

Broadcast history

The season originally aired Thursdays at 9:00-9:30 pm (EST),^[1][2] except for three episodes (16, 17 and 18), which aired on Fridays at 8:30-9:00 pm (EST).^[3][4]

Episodes

See also: List of Barney Miller episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
149	1	"Paternity"	Danny Arnold	Nat Mauldin	October 29, 1981 (1981-10-29)
A beauty contestant's purse is stolen. Wojo is served a paternity lawsuit, then shockingly learns that he's sterile.
150	2	"Advancement"	Danny Arnold	Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein	November 5, 1981 (1981-11-05)
A lottery winner threatens the couple who forgot to send his form, while Luger asks Barney to find him a wife. A rift opens between Barney and Harris when Barney orders him to miss a publisher's meeting in order to make a collar.
151	3	"The Car"	Bruce Bilson	Nat Mauldin	November 12, 1981 (1981-11-12)
A car thief confesses to his crime 25 years after he did it. Harris's continuing hostility to Barney actually hides a case of writer's block.
152	4	"Possession"	Bruce Bilson	Tom Reeder & Roland Kibbee	November 19, 1981 (1981-11-19)
A woman attacks her husband for making her wear tight jeans. Stefan Kopechne from "Werewolf" returns, now claiming to be possessed by a demon.
153	5	"Stress Analyzer"	Bruce Bilson	Nat Mauldin	November 26, 1981 (1981-11-26)
Dietrich is feared dead when his stress analyzer stops working, while a woman wants the precinct to arrest her husband's alleged mistress.
154	6	"Games"	Gennaro Montanino	Jordan Moffet	December 10, 1981 (1981-12-10)
A burglary at a warehouse exposes the owner as a KGB agent, while a WAC is booked for soliciting.
155	7	"Homeless"	Lee Lochhead	Jordan Moffet, Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein	December 17, 1981 (1981-12-17)
The precinct is overrun with homeless people during the holidays. Bruno Binder gets arrested for beating a vagrant with a cattle prod.
156	8	"The Tontine"	Homer Powell	Story by : Dick Wesson & Nat Mauldin Teleplay by : Nat Mauldin	January 7, 1982 (1982-01-07)
The two remaining members of a tontine decide that one should die for the other to collect. The detectives arrest a deranged CPR instructor who believes his dummy is real. Levitt brings in three witnesses for Barney to interview for Levitt's medal.
157	9	"Examination Day"	Gennaro Montanino	Jordan Moffet	January 14, 1982 (1982-01-14)
The detectives don uniforms due to a shortage of foot patrolmen, who are out taking the Sgt's exam. They arrest a kosher butcher who claims a news reporter falsely accused him of selling non kosher meat. Luger brutally assaults a purse snatcher.
158	10	"The Clown"	Alan Bergmann	Sam Simon	January 21, 1982 (1982-01-21)
A clown is mugged, a police recruiter throws a stag party for applicants and a corrections officer released a hundred inmates on Madison Avenue. Levitt is dismayed when the police turn him down for a medal of valor.
159	11	"Chinatown: Part 1"	Danny Arnold	Jeff Stein & Frank Dungan	February 4, 1982 (1982-02-04)
A Chinese waiter is reluctant to give information about a gang killing, while Scanlon falls for a rich mugging victim.
160	12	"Chinatown: Part 2"	Danny Arnold	Jeff Stein & Frank Dungan	February 11, 1982 (1982-02-11)
Harris and Dietrich continue looking after the uncooperative waiter Mr. Ling, while the mugging victim files a harassment complaint against Scanlon.
161	13	"Hunger Strike"	Tony Sheehan	Story by : Stephen Neigher & Tony Sheehan Teleplay by : Tony Sheehan	February 18, 1982 (1982-02-18)
A prisoner goes on a hunger strike, while Dietrich doubts that an elderly patient belongs in a mental hospital.
162	14	"Arrival"	Lee Lochhead	Jordan Moffet	February 25, 1982 (1982-02-25)
While Luger is unhappy with his mail-order bride, a genius becomes a petty thief and a man is robbed by an old woman.
163	15	"Obituary"	Gennaro Montanino	Nat Mauldin	March 11, 1982 (1982-03-11)
A man assaults the reporter who printed his obituary, while a thief is caught stealing chickens from a Government warehouse.
164	16	"Inquiry"	Gennaro Montanino	Jeff Stein & Frank Dungan	March 26, 1982 (1982-03-26)
As Wojo faces a police board for shooting a thief, an angry parent assaults a nursery-school teacher and a mugging victim becomes a mugger to get out of a pay parking lot.
165	17	"Old Love"	Hal Linden	Phillip Jayson Lasker	April 2, 1982 (1982-04-02)
While Dietrich's old college flame stops by, Deluca returns with an assault charge and a child actor is arrested for attacking his agent.
166	18	"Altercation"	Alan Bergmann	Tony Sheehan	April 9, 1982 (1982-04-09)
Harris' enemy Ripner comes back expecting to take the rewards of Harris' latest book, while a woman is mugged in front of the station and a stockbroker is busted for drugs.
167	19	"Bones"	Max Gail	Story by : Lee H. Grant, Jordan Moffet & Nat Mauldin Teleplay by : Jordan Moffet & Nat Mauldin	April 29, 1982 (1982-04-29)
A scoutmaster nabs a mugger, while an Amerindian steals his ancestors' bones from a museum. Meanwhile, the precinct is without running water. During the repair effort, Wojo finds an antique rifle that will have a far-reaching effect on the precinct.
168	20	"Landmark: Part 1"	Tony Sheehan	Tony Sheehan	May 6, 1982 (1982-05-06)
The rifle Wojo found in the previous episode is linked to Theodore Roosevelt, meaning that the 12th Precinct may be a landmark -- one that the city decides to sell for a profit. Police business goes on regardless, as a man is robbed at a bank machine, and a former hostage wishes to return to the country that held him captive.
169	21	"Landmark: Part 2"	Danny Arnold	Jeff Stein & Frank Dungan	May 13, 1982 (1982-05-13)
A pair of old ladies are arrested for passing stolen credit cards. Meanwhile, the precinct is sold, and Luger avoids his fiancée.
170	22	"Landmark: Part 3"	Danny Arnold	Jeff Stein, Frank Dungan & Tony Sheehan	May 20, 1982 (1982-05-20)
Friends and felons stop by to say their farewells as the 12th Precinct prepares to close its doors, and the staff gets their reassignment orders.